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Exhibit 10.26

EXECUTION COPY

Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
among Hollinger International Inc. and various Others (as defined therein)
and Toronto Dominion (Texas) Inc. dated as of December 23, 2002

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT

This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the IP
Security Agreement) dated December 23, 2002 is made by the Persons listed on
the signature pages hereof (collectively, the Grantors) in favor of Wachovia
Bank, N.A. as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent) for the Secured
Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement referred to below).

WHEREAS, Hollinger International Publishing Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and certain of its affiliates entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2002, (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement),
with the Administrative Agent, Wachovia Securities, Inc., as sole lead arranger
and book runner, Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Syndication Agent and
General Electric Capital Corporation, as Documentation and the Lenders party
thereto. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined
herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the extensions of credit by the
Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and the other Secured Parties under the
Credit Agreement from time to time, each Grantor has executed and delivered
that certain Company Security Agreement dated December 23, 2002 made by the
Grantors to the Administrative Agent (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Security
Agreement).

WHEREAS, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantors have
granted to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in, among other property, certain intellectual
property of the Grantors, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute
this IP Security Agreement for recording with the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office and other governmental authorities.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor agrees as follows:

SECTION 1. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a security
interest in all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the
following (the Collateral):



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| | (i) the patents and patent applications set forth in Schedule
A hereto (the Patents);



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| | (ii) the trademark and service mark registrations and
applications set forth in Schedule B hereto (provided that no
security interest shall be granted in United States intent-to-use
trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the
period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would
impair

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| | the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark
applications under applicable federal law), together with the
goodwill symbolized thereby (the Trademarks);



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| | (iii) all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, now
owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, including, without
limitation, the copyright registrations and applications and
exclusive copyright licenses set forth in Schedule C hereto (the
Copyrights);



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| | (iv) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of
any of the foregoing, all rights in the foregoing provided by
international treaties or conventions, all rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and all other rights of any kind
whatsoever of such Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining
thereto;



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| | (v) any and all claims for damages and injunctive relief for
past, present and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation,
violation, misuse or breach with respect to any of the foregoing,
with the right, but not the obligation, to sue for and collect, or
otherwise recover, such damages; and



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| | (vi) any and all proceeds of, collateral for, income,
royalties and other payments now or hereafter due and payable with
respect to, and supporting obligations relating to, any and all of
the Collateral of or arising from any of the foregoing.

SECTION
2. Security for Obligations. The grant of a security interest in,
the Collateral by each Grantor under this IP Security Agreement secures the
payment of all Obligations of such Grantor and the other Obligors now or
hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement
obligations, interest, premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, contract
causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, this IP Security Agreement secures, as to each
Grantor, the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Secured
Obligations and that would be owed by such Grantor to any Secured Party under
the Loan Documents but for the fact that such Secured Obligations are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving an Obligor.

SECTION
3. Recordation. Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the
Register of Copyrights, the Commissioner for Patents and the Commissioner for
Trademarks and any other applicable government officer record this IP Security
Agreement.

SECTION
4. Execution in Counterparts. This IP Security Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.

SECTION
5. Grants, Rights and Remedies. This IP Security Agreement has
been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement.
Each Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the
security interest hereunder to, and the

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rights and remedies of, the Administrative Agent with respect to the
Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and
provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth
herein.

SECTION
6. Assignment of Security. Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as
administrative agent under the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined in the
Security Agreement), hereby transfers and assigns to the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of itself and the other Lenders and Secured Parties all of its
security interests and other rights in and to the Collateral.

SECTION
7. Governing Law. This IP Security Agreement shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this IP Security Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of
the date first above written.

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| |  | HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC.
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| |  | Address for Notices:        
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| |  | DIGITAL CHICAGO INC.        
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| |  | By                           |  | Name: 
| |  |                              |  | Title:
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| |  | Address for Notices:        
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| |  | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, INC.     
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| |  | By                           |  | Name: 
| |  |                              |  | Title:
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| |  | Address for Notices:        
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| |  | MIDWEST SUBURBAN PUBLISHING, INC.
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| |  | By                                |  | Name: 
| |  |                                   |  | Title:
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| |  | Address for Notices:             
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| |  | PIONEER NEWSPAPERS INC.          
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| |  |                                   |  | Title:
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| |  | Address for Notices:             
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| |  | CHICAGO SUN-TIMES FEATURES, INC. 
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| |  | By                                |  | Name: 
| |  |                                   |  | Title:
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| |  | Address for Notices:             
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| |  | TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.
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| |  | By                             |  | Name: 
| |  |                                |  | Title:
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| |  | Address for Notices:          
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Annex B to the Security Agreement

FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT

This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT (this IP
Security Agreement Supplement) dated , , is made by the Person
listed on the signature page hereof (the Grantor) in favor of
 (  ), as collateral agent (the
Collateral Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security
Agreement referred to below).

WHEREAS, Hollinger International Publishing Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and certain of its affiliates entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of December , 2002, (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement),
with the Administrative Agent, Wachovia Securities, Inc., as sole lead arranger
and book runner, Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Syndication Agent and
General Electric Capital Corporation, as Documentation and the Lenders party
thereto. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined
herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Grantor and certain other
Persons have executed and delivered that certain Security Agreement dated
December , 2002 made by the Grantor and such other Persons to the Collateral
Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the Security Agreement) and that certain Intellectual
Property Security Agreement dated ,  (as amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the IP
Security Agreement).

WHEREAS, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantor has
granted to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in the Additional Collateral (as defined in
Section 1 below) of the Grantor and has agreed as a condition thereof to
execute this IP Security Agreement Supplement for recording with the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office and other
governmental authorities.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor agrees as follows:

SECTION 1. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to
the following (the Additional Collateral):



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| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (i) the patents and patent applications set forth in Schedule
A hereto (the Patents);



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| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (ii) the trademark and service mark registrations and
applications set forth in Schedule B hereto (provided that no
security interest shall be granted in United States intent-to-use
trademark applications to the extent that, and solely

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| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | during the period in which, the grant of a security interest
therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such
intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law),
together with the goodwill symbolized thereby (the Trademarks);



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| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (iii) the copyright registrations and applications and
exclusive copyright licenses set forth in Schedule C hereto (the
Copyrights);



| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (iv) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of
any of the foregoing, all rights in the foregoing provided by
international treaties or conventions, all rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and all other rights of any kind
whatsoever of such Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining
thereto;



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| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (v) all any and all claims for damages and injunctive relief
for past, present and future infringement, dilution,
misappropriation, violation, misuse or breach with respect to any
of the foregoing, with the right, but not the obligation, to sue
for and collect, or otherwise recover, such damages; and



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| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (vi) any and all proceeds of, collateral for, income,
royalties and other payments now or hereafter due and payable with
respect to, and supporting obligations relating to, any and all of
the foregoing or arising from any of the foregoing.

SECTION 2. Supplement to Security Agreement. Schedule III to the Security
Agreement is, effective as of the date hereof, hereby supplemented to add to
such Schedule the Additional Collateral.

SECTION 3. Security for Obligations. The grant of a security interest in
the Additional Collateral by the Grantor under this IP Security Agreement
Supplement secures the payment of all Obligations of the Grantor now or
hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement
obligations, interest, premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, contract
causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise.

SECTION 4. Recordation. The Grantor authorizes and requests that the
Register of Copyrights, the Commissioner for Patents and the Commissioner for
Trademarks and any other applicable government officer to record this IP
Security Agreement Supplement.

SECTION 5. Grants, Rights and Remedies. This IP Security Agreement
Supplement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the
Security Agreement. The Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the
grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of,
the Administrative Agent with respect to the Additional Collateral are more
fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which
are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.

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SECTION 6. Governing Law. This IP Security Agreement Supplement shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has caused this IP Security Agreement
Supplement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.

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| |  | [NAME OF GRANTOR]
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| |  | By:              
| |  |                   |  | Name: 
| |  |                   |  | Title:

| |  |          |  | 
| |  | -------- |  | 
| |  | Address: |  | 
| |  |          |  | 
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| |  |          |  | 



| | Facsimile No.:
Attention:
| | -------------------------

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SCHEDULE A

PATENTS

None.





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SCHEDULE B

TRADEMARKS

|                        |  |                    |            |      |  |                |  |              |      |  |  |                                  
|----------------------- |  | ------------------ | ---------- | ---- |  | -------------- |  | ------------ | ---- |  |  | ---------------------------------
|TRADEMARK NAME          |  | REGISTRATIONNUMBER |            | TYPE |  | EXPIRATIONDATE |  | ENTITY OWNER
|                        |  |                    |            |      |  |                |  |             
|To Your Good Health     |  |                    | 831,085    |      |  | US             |  |              | 2007 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|All That Zazz           |  |                    | 1,521,762  |      |  | US             |  |              | 2009 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Between the Lines       |  |                    | 80,597     |      |  | IL             |  |              | 2007 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Chicago Daily News      |  |                    | 084817     |      |  | IL             |  |              | 2005 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Chicago Sun-Times       |  |                    | 1442078    |      |  | IL             |  |              | 2007 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Digital Chicago         |  |                    | 2,398,173  |      |  | US             |  |              | 2020 |  |  | Digital Chicago Inc.             
|Digital Chicago         |  |                    | 084855     |      |  | IL             |  |              | 2005 |  |  | Digital Chicago Inc.             
|Elite                   |  |                    | 085171     |      |  | IL             |  |              | 2005 |  |  | Midwest Suburban
Publishing, Inc.
|H Logo                  |  |                    | 75/174,624 |      |  | US             |  |              | 2006 |  |  | Hollinger Intl.                  
|Hollinger Digital       |  |                    | 2,271,219  |      |  | US             |  |              | 2009 |  |  | Hollinger Intl.                  
|Hollinger International |  |                    | 2149847    |      |  | US             |  |              | 2006 |  |  | Hollinger Intl.                  
|Hollinger International |  |                    | 2107696    |      |  | UK & IRL       |  |              | 2006 |  |  | Hollinger Intl.                  
|Quick Takes             |  |                    | 084603     |      |  | IL             |  |              | 2005 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Red Streak              |  |                    | pending    |      |  | IL             |  |              |      |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Sun-Times               |  |                    | 966535     |      |  | US             |  |              | 2003 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|T.V. Prevue             |  |                    | 979443     |      |  | US             |  |              | 2004 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|The Smart Shopper       |  |                    | 048969     |      |  | IL             |  |              | 2005 |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Between the lines       |  |                    | 2,200,687  |      |  | US             |  |              |      |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Zipnet                  |  |                    | 1,789,918  |      |  | US             |  |              |      |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|City Scene              |  |                    | 79,687     |      |  | IL             |  |              |      |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          
|Beat the Champions      |  |                    | 50,512     |      |  | IL             |  |              |      |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.          





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|                                     |  |  |             |  |  |    |  |  |  |  |  |                             
|------------------------------------ |  |  | ----------- |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  | ----------------------------
|Hollinger Digital                    |  |  | 2,107,801   |  |  | UK |  |  |  |  |  | Hollinger International Inc.
|Hollinger                            |  |  | TMA
564,852 |  |  | CA |  |  |  |  |  | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.     
|Digital New York                     |  |  | 75/632,168  |  |  | US |  |  |  |  |  | Digital Chicago, Inc.       
|Antioch Review                       |  |  | 2,284,093   |  |  | US |  |  |  |  |  | Pioneer Newspapers Inc.     
|Senior Class                         |  |  | 2,261,700   |  |  | US |  |  |  |  |  | Pioneer Newspapers Inc.     
|North Shore and design               |  |  | 1,311,035   |  |  | US |  |  |  |  |  | Pioneer Newspapers Inc.     
|The Evanston Review
stylized letters |  |  | 261,511     |  |  | US |  |  |  |  |  | Pioneer Newspapers Inc.     
|Wilmette Life stylized
letters       |  |  | 261,512     |  |  | US |  |  |  |  |  | Pioneer Newspapers Inc.     
|Winnetka Talk                        |  |  | 261,513     |  |  | US |  |  |  |  |  | Pioneer Newspapers Inc.     
|Glencoe News                         |  |  | 261,333     |  |  | US |  |  |  |  |  | Pioneer Newspapers Inc.     





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SCHEDULE C

COPYRIGHTS

|                                                                                                                                  |  |           |  |                    |  |                                                                
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------- |  | ------------------ |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------
|Name                                                                                                                              |  | Reg. No.  |  | Reg. Date          |  | Owner                                                          
|                                                                                                                                  |  |           |  |                    |  |                                                                
|Ask pling anything                                                                                                                |  | VA628098  |  | September 13, 1993 |  | Chicago Sun-Times
Features, Inc.                               
|                                                                                                                                 
|Ask pling anything                                                                                                                |  | VA628097  |  | September 14, 1993 |  | Chicago Sun-Times
Features, Inc.                               
|                                                                                                                                 
|Ask pling anything                                                                                                                |  | VA628096  |  | September 14, 1993 |  | Chicago Sun-Times
Features, Inc.                               
|                                                                                                                                 
|Ask Pling Anything                                                                                                                |  | VA628095  |  | September 14, 1993 |  | Chicago Sun-Times
Features, Inc.                               
|                                                                                                                                 
|Chicago Sun-Times
Metro Chicago
Almanac:
fascinating facts
and offbeat
offerings about the
Windy City/ Don
Hayner and Tom
McNamee |  | TX3653506 |  | July 14, 1993      |  | Chicago Sun-Times
Features, Inc.                               
|                                                                                                                                 
|Chicago Sun-Times
Metro Chicago
Almanac:
fascinating facts
and offbeat
offerings about the
Windy City/ Don
Hayner and Tom
McNamee |  | TX3230719 |  | January 21, 1992   |  | Chicago Sun-Times
Inc. and Bonus
Books, Inc.                   
|                                                                                                                                 
|Chicago Sun-Times                                                                                                                 |  |           |  |                    |  | Chicago Sun-Times,
Inc. (assigned from
Newscorp Services,
B.V.)
|                                                                                                                                 
|CAWTS-CAWT table
construction utility                                                                                             |  | TX1117677 |  | April 18, 1983     |  | Chicago Sun-Times,
Inc. (assigned from
Newscorp Services,
B.V.)

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